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New Cat Gets Along Better with Resident Cats than with Me!

lkitsch Mar 25, 2005 11:44 AM

I have posted regarding this before. About 4 months ago I introduced a new cat into a household with 2 resident ones. It has been a pretty smooth, but not perfect, introduction. She still swats, growls and hisses at the other two fairly often when they get too close. On the other hand, they share food bowls, litter boxes and sunny spots, chase toys and the birds outside together, and can be in the same room as long as they are comfortably separated or on different levels. So, I think it's going as well as can be expected.

My concern is that she still has not warmed up to me. She is very fussy about being petted or picked up or held, does not like being groomed, and will ocassionally swat, growl or hiss at me when I pet her (overstimulation, I guess). She doesn't hide from me, and actually will come out when strangers arrive, but she rarely seeks my lap out, and is not at all cuddly like my other two, unless I have food.

Might she just be a "cold fish" or require more time getting used to me? Her previous owner (she is 6) said she was a sweetheart, but I understand he hardly paid any attention to her and travelled a lot. I spend a lot of time with my cats and like to pay attention to them, so maybe she is not used to that.

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JaimeMarie Mar 25, 2005 02:31 PM

Your new cat is probably just not a lap cat. Some cats just aren't. My Crash is a lap kitty. She will sit in my lap. If I get up she follows me around until I sit back down.
Moxie is a follower but doesn't want us to touch her or pick her up. If we do she screams really loud.
Gabby isn't a lap cat either. She would rather hide from everyone but me. She will let me walk around holding her over my shoulder but will not sit in my lap.
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Jaime owned by
Mya the dog
and the cats:Crash, Moxie, Gabby and sometimes Tucker

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